This page
contains some links to other sites on the World Wide Web that contain information related to the history
of Robinson Township. Use your browser's "Back" button to return to this
page.
- Russ
McGregor has a web site which provides information about the Walker
and McGregor families. It also contains 1860 census data for
Robinson and North Fayette Townships.
- The Union Presbyterian
Church has a web which provides a brief history of the church. Union
Presbyterian is the second oldest church in Robinson Township, founded
in 1794.
- Demographic and Socio-Economic profiles
for Robinson Township can be found at the 1990 Municipal Census Profiles
site maintained by Pennsylvania State University. Click on Allegheny
County in the map and select Robinson Township from the list.
- Interested in the cold-war defense of
the Pittsburgh area? Check out the Pittsburgh Air
Defense Sector site. Included is information and links to the Nike
Site PI-71 located off Silver Lane, the old AAA Gun Battalion located
on Planet Way, the USAF and ANG wings stationed at the Pittsburgh
airport, and the Oakdale support center.
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Railroads are tied to the history of Robinson Township as
much as the mining of the coal which the hauled. Through it's history
several railroads have operated within the township.
While the Pennsylvania Railroad didn't
run directly through Robinson Township it played a role in the history of
the area. Here are some links about the "Pennsy":
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- There is an excellent
collection of links on Rootsweb.com for anyone interested in
Allegheny County, PA
Genealogy.
- The McGowan Genealogy Site
has a lot of links to useful maps of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County
plus lots of other interesting links.
- Click here
to visit a clickable map of Allegheny County, provided by Rootsweb.com,
which lets you view USGS topographical maps of Allegheny County dated 1983.
- Cyndi's
List provides a lot of links to Pennsylvania history and genealogy
pages.
- The
Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania offers a non-circulating collection of materials documenting life in Western
Pennsylvania. Visit the web site for details.
- There is census information scattered
located on the web for various townships located in Allegheny County.
Click here
for a list of some of the data currently available.
- DistantCousin.com
has a list of genealogical resources for Pennsylvania and Allegheny County.
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Historical Society of Green Tree
10 West Manilla Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15220
(412) 921-9292
Carnegie Historical Society
140 E. Mall Plaza
Carnegie, PA 15106
(412) 276-7447
Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania
1212 Smallman Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
(412) 281-2465
The
Crafton Historical Society
140 Bradford Avenue
Crafton, PA 15205
(412) 922-6884
Sewickley Valley Historical Society
200 Broad St.
Sewickley, PA 15143-1525
412-741-5315
Historical Society of
Pennsylvania
1300 Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Telephone: 215-732-6201
Fax: 215-732-2680
Email: hsppr@aol.com
Senator John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional
History Center and
Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania
212 Smallman Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
(412) 454-6000
Email: hswp@hswp.org
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There are many places on-line where you can
go to find books about the history of the area. Here are a few links:
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Generally these types of lists generate a large amount of e-mail. If you are the
type of person who is sensitive to more than one or two e-mails per day which do
not directly speak to YOU, we beg you to avoid the Full Version.
North Fayette Mailing List. A RootsWeb mailing list for anyone with a genealogical interest in North Fayette Township and the surrounding areas including South Fayette, Collier and Moon
Townships and the towns of Oakdale, Robinson, McDonald and Noblestown. North Fayette township is located in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. You must be a subscriber to post to the list.
Just type the word "subscribe" (without the quotes)
in the body of an e-mail addressed to:
northfayette-l-request@rootsweb.com
(Full Version)
northfayette-d-request@rootsweb.com
(Digest Version).
Allegheny County Mailing List. A RootsWeb mailing list for the discussion and sharing of information regarding
genealogical matters in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
Just type the word "subscribe" in the body of an e-mail addressed to:
PAALLEGH-L-request@rootsweb.com
(Full Version)
PAALLEGH-D-request@rootsweb.com
(Digest Version)
You can search the archives for the North
Fayette and Allegheny County Mailing Lists by clicking here
and entering either NorthFayette or PAALLEGH for the respective list you wish
to search. If you know there names other RootsWeb mailing lists archives can
be searched in the same way.
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